Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Gottesman Noam
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GLG Partners, Inc. [GLG]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman & Co-CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
GLG PARTNERS, INC., 399 PARK AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/20/2008
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/20/2008   P   1,000,000 A $ 8.15 1,000,000 D  
Common Stock               398,300 (1) I by GLG Partners LP, as investment manager (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
FA Sub 2 Limited Exchangeable Class B Ordinary Shares (3)               (3)   (3) Common Stock 4,623 (4)   4,623 D  
Series A Voting Preferred Stock (3) (4)               (3)   (3) Common Stock 4,623 (4)   4,623 D  
FA Sub 2 Limited Exchangeable Class B Ordinary Shares (3)               (3)   (3) Common Stock 58,900,370 (4)   58,900,370 I Held by the trustee of the Gottesman GLG Trust (5)
Series A Voting Preferred Stock (3) (4)               (3)   (3) Common Stock 58,900,370 (4)   58,900,370 I Held by the tustee of the Gottesman GLG Trust (5)
Warrant (right to buy) (1) $ 7.5               (6) 12/28/2011 Common Stock 398,300   398,300 I by GLG Partners LP, as manager (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Gottesman Noam
GLG PARTNERS, INC.
399 PARK AVENUE, 38TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
  X   X   Chairman & Co-CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Alejandro R. San Miguel, as attorney-in-fact   05/21/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Mr. Gottesman disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Gottesman is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(2) These securities are held by certain investment funds managed by GLG Partners LP, as investment manager. GLG Partners Limited is the general partner of GLG Partners LP, and Mr. Gottesman, Emmanuel Roman and Pierre Lagrange are Managing Directors of GLG Partners Limited with power to exercise investment over the securities owned by the investment funds and as a result, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these securities. As discussed above in footnote (1), Mr. Gottesman disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(3) The FA Sub2 Exchangeable Shares are exchangeable at any time at the election of the holder for one share of common stock of GLG Partners, Inc. For each Exchangeable Share that is exchanged for common stock of GLG Partners, Inc., a corresponding share of Series A Preferred Stock will automatically be redeemed for its par value of $0.0001 per share.
(4) Received as part of the consideration paid for the acquisition by GLG Partners, Inc. (formerly named Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc.) of equity interests in GLG Partners LP and its affiliated entities. The remainder of the purchase price was paid in cash.
(5) Shares held by the trustee of the Gottesman GLG Trust. Noam Gottesman beneficially owns these shares as a beneficiary of the Gottesman GLG Trust.
(6) Each warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at any time commencing on or after December 21, 2007, provided in each case, that there is an effective registration statement in effect at such time covering the shares of common stock underlying the warrants.

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